While the penny is no longer being produced, the grimy, circular piece of copper and zinc is getting the last laugh. Less than a month since the last one was minted on Nov. 12, there are growing penny ...

Alonda Emery can’t figure out what she’d call that thing sitting in the corner of her place of employment, the Flameburger in Little Canada. For all of her 42 years, she’s known the machines as penny ...

MESA, AZ (AZFamily) — The United States ended production of the penny on Wednesday after more than 230 years, and for longtime coin collector Jeffrey Danford, the news brought a surprising reaction.

Alas, dear penny, you served us well. We picked you up, you gave us luck. We gave you to others in exchange for their thoughts. And remember when we pondered whether dropping you from the Empire State ...

Even though you didn’t offer me a penny for my thoughts, you’re going to get them anyway — without spending a cent. Pennies are hellbent for extinction, as evidenced in the Great Penny Shortage of ...